skär
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish skær, from Old Norse skærr (“pure, bright, clear”), in turn from Proto-Germanic *skairiz (“pure, sheer”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“luster, gloss, shadow”). Cognate with Danish skær, German schier (“sheer”), Dutch schier (“almost”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs, “clear, lucid”). Outside Germanic, cognate to Albanian hirrë (“whey, serum”).
Adjective
skär (comparative skärare, superlative skärast)
- pink; having a color between red and white, sometimes with a hint of beige, as in the skin color of white people.
- (dated) pure, clean
Declension
Inflection of skär | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skär | skärare | skärast |
Neuter singular | skärt | skärare | skärast |
Plural | skära | skärare | skärast |
Masculine plural3 | skäre | skärare | skärast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skäre | skärare | skäraste |
All | skära | skärare | skäraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Synonyms
- (pink): rosa (never with a beige hue)
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sker. Cognate to English skerry, Irish sceir, Scottish Gaelic sgeir, Danish skær, Norwegian Bokmål skjær, Norwegian Nynorsk skjer, Icelandic sker and Faroese sker.
Noun
skär n
Declension
Declension of skär | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skär | skäret | skär | skären |
Genitive | skärs | skärets | skärs | skärens |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Russian: шхе́ра (šxéra)
Etymology 3
Verb
skär
- (deprecated template usage) present tense of skära.
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of skära.
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